Chernyakhovsky Monument in Voronezh, Bronze memorial statue near Voronezh-1 Railway Station, Russia.
The Chernyakhovsky Monument is a bronze statue of a Soviet military commander mounted on a pedestal of pink Pavlovsky granite in a public square in Voronezh. The square sits directly in front of Voronezh-1 Railway Station, making it one of the first things arriving travelers see.
The statue was originally installed in Vilnius in 1950 and transferred to Voronezh in 1993 after Lithuania regained independence and removed Soviet memorials from public spaces. Voronezh was chosen as the new site because of the general's direct connection to its defense during the Second World War.
The Lithuanian inscription on the original pedestal read "To Army General I. D. Chernyakhovsky from the Lithuanian people", and the Lithuanian children's writer Kostas Kubilinskas wrote a poem titled "At the Chernyakhovsky Monument". The bronze figure wears a flowing cape and no headgear, and the pedestal reliefs show crowds greeting Soviet soldiers.
The monument stands right in front of Voronezh-1 Railway Station, so it is easy to find on foot without any special navigation. The square is open at all times and requires no preparation to visit.
The statue's Lithuanian inscription, "Armijos generolui Černiachovskiui I. D. nuo lietuvių tautos" (To Army General I. D. Chernyakhovsky from the Lithuanian people), still runs across the front of the pedestal in Voronezh. The original Vilnius base also carried a granite tombstone with a bronze laurel wreath and the dates 1906–1945. Lithuanian children's writer Kostas Kubilinskas wrote a poem, "Prie Černiachovskio paminklo" (At the Chernyakhovsky Monument), about the sculpture.
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